Kimberley School, Nottinghamshire

Teachers at Kimberley School in Nottinghamshire are balloting for strikes against plans to turn the school into an academy. They fear the move could threaten public access to school playing fields and the Kimberley Leisure Centre.

Ian Stevenson, regional organiser for the NUT, said that around 77 percent of members backed strikes in an indicative ballot.

Elliot School, Putney

Unions have condemned a plan by Wandsworth council to “asset strip” a school in Putney, south London.

The council wants to sell off four acres of playing fields at Elliot School to fund the refurbishment of buildings.It then wants to turn the school into an academy. Paul Maloney from the GMB union called it “a thundering disgrace”.